1 Chronicles 23:1

The Levites

1 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

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1 Chronicles 23:1 in Other Translations

KJV

1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

ESV

1 When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

NLT

1 When David was an old man, he appointed his son Solomon to be king over Israel.

MSG

1 When David got to be an old man, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

CSB

1 When David was old and full of days, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:1

So when David was old and full of days
Perhaps was now in the last year of his age, about seventy years old, though before he was bedridden; see ( 1 Chronicles 28:2 ) ,

he made Solomon his son king over Israel;
declared him to be his successor; this was before the affair of Adonijah, for then he ordered him to be anointed king, and placed on the throne; and this aggravated the rebellion of Adonijah, that it was against the declared and known will of his father.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:1 In-Context

1 When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

2 He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

3 The Levites thirty years old or more were counted, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work of the temple of the LORD and six thousand are to be officials and judges.

5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”

Cross References 2

1. 1 Kings 1:33-39; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 1:8
2. S 1 Kings 1:30; 1 Chronicles 29:28